St. Patrick's Day: Free Dublin travel app and guidebook tips

A free excerpt from the new Lonely Planet Guide to Ireland includes 21 Top… (Lonely Planet )

Lonely Planet often has limited-time offers for free downloads of their travel guides and apps. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the travel guide company offers its Dublin City Guide app for free along with an excerpt from its new Ireland guidebook.

The deal: The app usually costs $5.99. To get the app, folks with iPhones, iPads or iPod Touch can download the Lonely Planet Travel Guides from the iTunes store, open that app and select the Dublin guide. (Android and non-Apple tablet users are out of luck for this freebie.)

But here's something everyone can access: a free excerpt from the company's new Ireland guidebook (in an easy-to-download PDF) of 21 Top Experiences to have when traveling to the Emerald Isle.

When: The free app is available until 1:59 p.m. PDT Saturday.

Details: Lonely Planet offers up more free advice for those with an armchair interest or soon to be going to Ireland: